Reduce student nurses’ clinical placement hours, say universities

MillionPlus calls for reassessment of student nurse placements as system is “creaking at the seams”

Urgent reform of clinical training placements is required in order to tackle a nursing recruitment crisis in the NHS, a group of universities has said.

According to MillionPlus, which represents modern institutions, both the Westminster and Scottish governments should consider reducing the number of hours student nurses are legally required to undertake on a training placement as part of their course.